This is an analysis of Bethlehem-Town by Eugene Field.
As I was going to Bethlehem-town,
Upon the earth I cast me down…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcX aaddbbcX aaXXbbcX aaddbbcbXaaaabcb
- Stanza lengths: 6,8,8,16,
- Metre: 1111001011 01011111 11010101 11000101 11111100 11110101 111101011 11010101 11111101 11011101 11011101 11110001 11101100 11010111 111101011 11111101 110111101 0111010 11111001 11010101 11011100 11100111 100101011 01111101 11010101 01111111 10010101 110110001 11101100 11010111 011101011 11111101 11110101 11011011 11110101 111001100 11100111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 37
Repeated words/phrases
i, ', and
Anaphora
that